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Aller Aqua continues to support the African Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society
As founding gold sponsors of the African Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society (WASAC), Aller-Aqua has renewed its sponsorship for another three years. Renewing its sponsorship once again shows Aller Aqua's dedication towards the African fish feeds market and its commitment to work with continental platforms on developing the aquaculture sector across the continent. More information: https://www.aller-aqua.com/zm/news/2022/aller-aqua-continues-to-support-the-african-chapter-of-the-world-aquaculture-society
Dr John Kilemerwa Walakira from Uganda is the new President of the WAS AC from April 2022.
Dr John Walakira is a Director of Research at the Abi ZARDI-National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), UGANDA. John first joined WAS in 2003 and has attended numerous WAS and partner events around the world ever since. He was elected the first President-Elect for the WAS-AC in 2019 and has been instrumental in the establishment processes of the WAS AC from onset. Through various R&D activities, John has contributed immensely to the development of aquaculture in Uganda and East Africa region since 1999. He is presently a committee member on aquatic animal health management within the African Union; a member of the Scientific Committee for Lake Victoria Basin (2017 – 2020); Program Leader: Innovation and Post-Harvest Fisheries; and various other research initiatives and leadership roles within the NARO, Uganda. John has attained some awards and accolades including the African Bioscience Challenge Fund Fellowship; 1st Winner of the SARNISSA-ASAKUA Fish Health Competition; and Fish Innovation Lab-USAID fellowship and grants. As WAS AC President, John has pledged to lead the organisation on many of its upcoming events and activities in line with its commitment to be a continental player in providing the necessary societal support for sustainable aquaculture development. John can be contactable on Phone: +256777673696 Email: johnwalakira2003@gmail.com. Dr Sherif Sadek who has been President of WAS AC for the term 2019-2021 becomes the Immediate Past President.
Aquaculture Africa Conference 2021 (AFRAQ21), Alexandria, Egypt (25-28 March 2022) was a general success
AFRAQ21 attracted nearly 1700 registrations from 77 countries (both conference and visitors to Trade Show), the bulk of these registrations were from Egypt. The well-organised exhibition platform featured 51 booths (44 companies/organisations) from 22 countries from around the world. In addition to networking opportunities which the conference rendered, the scientific/technical programme featured 34 sessions, 261 abstracts and 58 posters – where attendees gave presentations and learnt various lessons on sustainable aquaculture development. We believe there was something for everyone at AFRAQ21!
President's Column June 2020
On 25 May, Africa celebrated its annual Africa Day, which is the commemoration of the formation of the Organization for African Unity (OAU) about 57 years ago. The OAU was disbanded and replaced by the African Union (AU) in 2002. Unfortunately, commemorations were held in a somber mood this year. No doubt everyone is talking about the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), which is taking its toll on the world, causing deaths, illnesses and economic despair. The pandemic has spread to all 55 countries in Africa. According to the latest data by John Hopkins University and the Africa Center for Disease Control (CDC), as of 27 May, the continent had nearly 120,000 confirmed cases, with just over 3,600 deaths.
President's Column March 2020
This is my first column for 2020 — let me begin by welcoming you to a new decade and a new year 2020!
The past year has been a remarkable year for the African Chapter of WAS. The year marked the end of the "establishment phase," where most of the Chapter's foundational structures were successfully put in place. As I promised in my previous column, we have finished setting up and launched the necessary working eight committees that will work to advise the Board on decision-making processes and some ad hoc activities, in line with Chapter by-laws and our Strategic Plan. The committees consist of Chapter members in good standing, identified from the various regions of Africa and beyond, but with the relevant competencies to perform associated duties. I am looking forward to working with these committees to drive African Chapter business forward. I owe a debt of gratitude to many of you, our members, for agreeing to be part of these committees.
President's Column December 2019
The African Chapter is currently celebrating its one-year anniversary and when I look back to where we started, where we are today,where we are going and the achievements we have made to this day, I just feel so blessed to be leading such a progressive society. We are slowly getting there!
President's Column September 2019
This past quarter has been quite an eventful and momentous one for the African Chapter. I'm elated by the hard work and due diligence expressed by interim office bearers and advisors to take the Chapter to another level of progression. As a team, we managed to deliver on various planned programs and activities within our workplan.
African Chapter Interim Board Announced
The African Chapter of The World Aquaculture Society is please to announce that it has appointed an interim board to direct the activities of the chapter until a permanent board can be elected by the chapter membership.
Congratulations Africa and the world aquaculture community, 7 November 2018 marked the approval and ratification of the African Chapter of WAS! We are delighted about this great achievement and proud to be finally standing alongside other chapters of WAS from around the world. It would be prudent for me to begin this presidential column by evoking the journey we have been on and achievements made along the way to where we are today.
Aller Aqua Founding Gold Sponsor for African Chapter
A very import part of the future success of the African Chapter is the belief and support of Aller Aqua for the African Chapter. Aller Aqua has agreed to support the African Chapter, World Aquaculture Society (WAS) as a FOUNDING GOLD SPONSOR, thereby contributing to the activities of the Chapter and Society.
"It is important for us to continue to have a positive impact on aquaculture globally. Aquaculture is experiencing significant growth, particularly in Africa, and it is vital to support initiatives which help ensure that growth of aquaculture is facilitated all over Africa. This is done through research as well as sharing knowledge. Besides our own activities, we can help achieve this through our support of the WAS African Chapter and their efforts. I am pleased that WAS have chosen to focus on aquaculture in Africa and through the African Chapter recognize the large diversity on the continent. We experience it when meeting with customers from the various African countries"
Niels Lundgaard, Aller Aqua Commercial Director for Africa
CHAPTER FOUNDING GOLD SPONSOR: Aller-Aqua
The World Aquaculture Society is a worldwide organization dedicated to promoting and improving the process of feeding the world from from water.
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A paved two-mile loop through Cass Park gives you wide open views of the Cayuga Lake Inlet, the hills above Ithaca, and all kinds of local activity. You can track your progress by the mileage markers every quarter mile. Other attractions in Cass Park include an ice rink, a swimming pool, multiple athletic fields, tennis courts, a playground, and the waterfront itself.
A paved 1.7-mile connector between the Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention & Visitors Bureau to the Ithaca Farmers Market via Stewart Park provides a great place to bike, walk, run, or push a stroller. This section of the trail travels gives you views of Cayuga Lake, passes through part of the Fuertes Bird Sanctuary, and provides nonmotorized waterfront access to the Farmers Market.
View an enlarged PDF of the map shown here (Note: Large file).
You'll find the Cass Park trailhead at the entrance to the Cass Park Ice Rink on Rt. 96 northwest of the City of Ithaca. The Hangar Theatre is near the northern end of the trail. The Ithaca Children's Garden, home of the giant turtle Gaia, is near the southern end.
It's an easy bike ride or walk from downtown Ithaca to the trail. You'll see the trail just north of the NYS Route 89 bridge over the Cayuga Inlet where Route 89 enters Cass Park from the south. The trail is less than two miles from most locations in the City of Ithaca. Bike racks are located at the trailhead near the Cass Park ice rink. Or take Route 22 on a TCAT bus. Parking is plentiful at Cass Park.
The Cayuga Waterfront Trail is used by pedestrians, cyclists, roller bladers, dog walkers, and accommodates people with disabilities. As you use the trail, please be courteous to other trail users, and watch for stray balls from the Cass Park playing fields and the Newman Municipal Golf Course!
Dogs are welcome on short leash.
Please clean up your dog's waste. Mutt Mitts are provided at the north and south ends of the trail at dog care stations.
Please help us keep the trail clean, and contact us about any trail maintenance problems.


Software is an object of copyright and a product of intellectual work of programmers. An object of the intellectual property (copyright) can only be used under terms of a corresponding agreement.
Use of pirated software = Breach of law = Legal responsibility.


Divorce Without an Agreement, Part 1 and Part 2.
The divorce page also has a link to the Divorce Navigator, another method of determining which divorce process may be best based on answering a few questions.
Also, for family law legal research questions, the Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries offer a number of family law research guides and law by subject pages.


Last week's decision by the Ontario government to intervene in the case of an innocent homeowner who had her house title stolen represents a calculated risk by the province, which could backfire if the Court of Appeal refuses to overturn one of its own rulings.
It may also be too little, too late for the homeowner.
Susan Lawrence has owned her century-old Victorian house for the past 30 years. Earlier this year, a very sophisticated identity thief stole the title to her home and mortgaged it to Maple Trust for almost $300,000.
Using the name Thomas Wright, the fraudster obtained the mortgage using a bank statement, deposit certificate and letter of employment all of which were in the fake name. The employment letter was verified by a phone call to a fake employer and the lender even obtained a real Dunn and Bradstreet credit report showing that the phony Thomas Wright had established a credit rating.
In March, Maple Trust sued Lawrence, demanding possession of the property as it was perfectly entitled to do under a rather bizarre decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal.
Last November, the province's highest court ruled that when a wife signed her husband's name with a forged power of attorney, the mortgage was valid and could be used to evict the couple and sell the property.
That decision, in the case of Household Realty v. Chan, turned a century of Ontario land titles law upside down. It also opened the doors for lenders and title insurers to claim that forged mortgages are valid. The Court of Appeal has decided that once any document genuine or forged is registered in the land titles system, it is valid.
Lawrence retained Toronto lawyer Morris Cooper to help straighten out her problem. In the glare of publicity, Maple Trust agreed not to pursue its eviction action against Lawrence and, last month, Cooper asked Justice Edward Belobaba to restore the title to her home and declare that the Maple Trust mortgage was void.
Cooper argued that the Court of Appeal did not appreciate the implications of its decision last year, and the profound misery it created for innocent victims of title fraud.
In a one-page ruling last month, the judge returned ownership of the home to Lawrence, but ruled that he was "unfortunately" bound by the Household Realty decision. He decided he could not discharge the mortgage, since the Court of Appeal has held that registered forged mortgages are valid against an innocent homeowner.
As the law now stands, an innocent victim of mortgage fraud like Lawrence has absolutely no defence to an eviction action by the bank or trust company that holds a fraudulent mortgage.
Cooper filed an appeal of the decision and, earlier this month, was advised by Ronald E. Carr, acting as lawyer for the Attorney General, that the government would intervene in the appeal in support of the request to have the mortgage voided.
The government's intervention in the Lawrence appeal is effectively asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to reverse its decision in the Household case, and admit it was wrong.
For the province to ask a three-judge panel in the Lawrence appeal to change the law established by three fellow appeal judges only last November is a very risky move.
Courts occasionally overrule the law established by their earlier decisions, but only after many years have elapsed.
I can't recall another case where the appeal court reversed its own decision just months after it was released.
Another option for the court would be to say the Household case and the Lawrence case are based on different fact scenarios, and make a ruling on the specific facts in the Lawrence case. That would probably be a stretch, since the court's reasons in Household Realty involved a detailed analysis of the law and was not based on the particular facts of the case.
A forged mortgage is, after all, a forged mortgage, whether it's signed with a forged power of attorney or the name of a non-existent scam artist.
"It's like closing the barn door after the horses have escaped," one lawyer familiar with the case told me last week. "The province has the power to change the law and should amend the legislation."
If Lawrence and the government lose the appeal, the legislature may be forced to do just that. In the meantime, the Land Titles Assurance Fund is proceeding at its usual glacially slow pace with applications for millions of dollars in claims from parties like Maple Trust.
The question is, why isn't the government stepping in to help Lawrence by paying off the Maple Trust mortgage, instead of just joining in a lawsuit with uncertain results?
The fund uses public money to reimburse those who have lost their interest in property as a result of fraud in the land titles system. Applications to the fund have increased since last year because title insurers are now justified in quoting the Ontario Court of Appeal to refuse claims. If a forged mortgage is valid, the insurers may say, why should they pay out claims?
Ultimately, the law is going to have to change. Either the Court of Appeal will have to reverse itself or the legislature will have to amend the Land Titles Act to protect innocent victims of fraud like Susan Lawrence.
If the law is going to change one way or another, why waste time with a court case? Shouldn't the legislature simply amend the statute now and pay existing claims? It's not helping Lawrence, and others like her, by prolonging their grief.
Meantime, the only way homeowners can give themselves a measure of protection is to obtain existing owner title insurance. It's available from Ontario real estate lawyers.


OK folks heres one for you.
2005 cargo 2500 Sprinter 188,000 miles.
While driving under 800 lb load I started hearing a low hum,after I had to down shift due to stupid drivers cutting me off right right before a red light. It would get louder as I increased my speed. After I unloaded and made it to a truck stop, I inspected under the hood and could see daylight through the drive belt. Was also able to put finger nail through the belt. It was splitting. I didn't think that was the cause of the noise I was hearing and after having the belt changed and the transmission serviced the hum was still there. At first it would come and go and seemed to be coming from the front right of the engine compartment. Runs fine no miss, shifts fine and runs great.
I inspected the air filter thinking it was restricting air flow causing the turbo to hum. Noise still there. While I was there I decided to go ahead and do my once every other month cleaning of the EGR Value. I dropped a tool that fell down into the fan well. As I was attempting to hand move the fan so I could retrieve the tool I notice the fan would not move. Should be a fan clutch on these Sprinters I thought. I finished my job on the EGR value and looked again at the fan. Looks like a fan clutch, if it was it was struck in the engaged mode. Come to think of it, my humming noise did sound almost like in the summertime fan noise trying to keep the engine cool. BTW no, it is not over heating.
Is there a way to free up a frozen fan clutch?
Would down shifting cause the fan clutch to freeze up?
Will it hurt to keep driving with a frozen fan clutch?
Looks like from my '03 service manual the viscous clutch must be replaced.
Can't imagine there's anything you could do to make it freeze up, except store it in a horizontal position.
Shouldn't hurt anything, just burn more fuel. But, it should be a simple fix - just replace the viscous clutch.
once there stuck luck that you need to replace it.


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U.S. Lodging Outlook Good Through 2020, Economic "Blip" Causes Slowdown In 2021 Before Returning to Positive Growth for 2022
Home/U.S. Lodging Outlook Good Through 2020, Economic "Blip" Causes Slowdown In 2021 Before Returning to Positive Growth for 2022
CBRE Group, Inc. | February 25, 2019
Atlanta – February 25, 2019 – A favorable economic outlook will lead to continued growth in U.S. hotel revenues and profits through 2020. However, an economic slowdown in 2021 will cause a short-lived softening of lodging industry fundamentals that year. According to the March 2019 edition of Hotel Horizons®, CBRE Hotels Americas Research is forecasting U.S. hotel rooms revenue per available room (RevPAR) to increase by 2.5 percent in 2019 and an additional 2.0 percent in 2020. However, for 2021, CBRE is projecting a slight decline in RevPAR of 0.6 percent. Fortunately for hoteliers, that immediately is followed by 1.4 percent RevPAR growth for 2022.
"In the near-term, the fundamentals of supply, demand and pricing in the U.S. lodging industry are very similar to what we have observed the past few years," said R. Mark Woodworth, senior managing director of CBRE Hotels Americas Research. "For the most part, the supply of hotel rooms entering the market will be absorbed by newly generated demand buoyed by a healthy economy. Further, while the nominal rate of change may be disappointing, we are projecting average daily rate (ADR) growth above the pace of inflation for 2019 and 2020."
Gross Domestic Project (GDP) is a good barometer of the overall health of the U.S. economy. CBRE Econometric Advisors is forecasting the pace of GDP growth to be 2.4 percent in 2019, 1.5 percent in 2020, and 0.7 percent in 2021. Given the strong correlation between the health of the economy and travel, CBRE is projecting a commensurate deceleration in the demand for hotel rooms. CBRE forecasts lodging demand to increase by 1.9 percent in 2019 and 1.2 percent in 2020, followed by a decline of 0.1 percent in 2021.
"I would characterize the economic slowdown in 2021 as a blip (an unexpected, minor and typically temporary deviation from a general trend), not a dip (to sink, drop or slope downward). Further, the performance of the U.S. lodging industry in 2021 should be viewed as a slowdown, not a recession," Woodworth said. "In fact, we see the U.S. hotel market bouncing back strong in 2022 with a 2.5 percent increase in demand."
ADR Conundrum Despite the anticipated slowdowns in the economy and lodging demand, the occupancy levels for the overall U.S. hotel market are forecast to remain at an average of almost 300 basis points above the long run average annual occupancy level through 2023. Unfortunately, despite such lofty occupancy levels, ADR growth will fall below inflation in 2021 and 2022.
"We have identified several factors that have muted ADR growth the past few years. These include low levels of inflation, increasing competition from non-traditional forms of lodging and the intervention of intermediary sales channels," said John B. (Jack) Corgel, Ph.D., professor of real estate at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and senior advisor to CBRE Hotels Americas Research.
"Another factor that we recently have analyzed is the elevated level of uncertainty that has infiltrated the minds of hotel guests. Since 2008, the level of uncertainty within the U.S., as measured by PolicyUncertainty.com, has risen by 30 percent over the previous 20 years. We suspect that incidents such as the banking crisis, European debt defaults, Brexit and U.S. government shutdowns made travelers feel uneasy," Corgel explained.
"What do people do when they feel uncertain about the future? I contend that they hesitate to make discretionary purchase decisions. In the hotel business, this means shorter booking times, a decline in non-essential travel and enhanced price-sensitivity. Our analysis estimates that U.S. average daily rates are roughly 0.5 percent lower than they would be without these elevated levels of uncertainty," Woodworth said.
The Blip As noted before, CBRE is projecting a 0.6 percent decline in RevPAR in 2021. All chain-scales are forecast to suffer declines in RevPAR during the slowdown, but some will be impacted more than others.
"A primary cause of the economic blip in 2021 is a forecast decline in the national levels of employment in both 2021 and 2022. Previous research conducted by CBRE found that the performance of hotels operating in the lower-priced chain-scales is closely correlated to changes in employment. Accordingly, our forecasts for 2021 RevPAR declines average 1.3 percent for the bottom three chain-scales. At the same time, the RevPAR falloff for upper-priced properties is expected to average just 0.8 percent," Woodworth noted.
"Despite the first indications of a potential softening in U.S. lodging performance, the industry still is forecast to operate at exceedingly high occupancy levels and profit margins. The growth story may not be as strong as hoteliers would prefer, but I would hardly classify hotel sector performance as poor," Woodworth concluded.
The March 2019 edition of Hotel Horizons®for the U.S. lodging industry and 60 major markets can be purchased by visiting: https://pip.cbrehotels.com.
CBRE Hotels is a specialized advisory group within CBRE providing capital markets, consulting, investment sales, research and valuation services to companies in the hotel sector. CBRE Hotels is comprised of more than 385 dedicated hospitality professionals located in 60 offices across the globe.
About CBRE Group, Inc.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2017 revenue). The company has more than 80,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate investors and occupiers through approximately 450 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CBRE offers a broad range of integrated services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.
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There is loads to see and do as you wander through all the nooks and crannies of the beautiful Edwardian mansion. Inside you'll find ALL THREE FLOORS decked in seasonal splendour thanks to our fabulous in-house decorators and corporate decorators, and the excellent variety of unique boutiques, crafters and over 25 local Artisans. Outside, Hycroft's Courtyard is a buzz of activity with entertainment, vendors, Emelle's Catering Trailer and the traditional "Kitchen Creations" located in the Coach House.
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La 209ª Divisione costiera fu una grande unità di fanteria del Regio Esercito italiano durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Dopo l'armistizio di Cassibile dell'8 settembre 1943, venne ristrutturata come 209ª Divisione ausiliaria dell'Esercito Cobelligerante Italiano.

Storia
Nel 1941 la difesa delle coste italiane venne organizzata su 10 Settori costieri di Brigata (I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII), poi riorganizzati in 17 Brigate costiere (I, IV, IX, X, XI, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XXVIII, XXIX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV), basate su reggimenti di fanteria costiera e raggruppamenti di artiglieria costiera. A partire dal 1942, quindici tra settori e brigate vennero trasformati in altrettante divisioni costiere.

Il IX Settore costiero di brigata, costituito l'8 agosto 1941, era stato trasformato nella IX Brigata costiera, su due reggimenti di fanteria ed un raggruppamento di artiglieria. Con la Circolare n. 65750 del 05 aprile 1943 dello stato maggiore del Regio Esercito venne ordinata la smobilitazione e lo scioglimento del Comando della IX Brigata per il 20 aprile e, per lo stesso giorno, la costituzione e la mobilitazione del Comando della 209ª Divisione costiera.

La divisione era di guarnigione in Puglia, schierata tra Foggia e Brindisi su 330 km di costa, da Torre Testa al Saccione; il comando aveva sede a Noicàttaro. Venne rinforzata con la 253ª Legione CC.NN. ed al suo comando venne posta la Difesa porto di Bari, agli ordini del colonnello Francesco Vitucci. La sera dell'8 settembre 1943, costituita una forza di riserva con elementi tratti dalla fanteria e con la 234ª Batteria da posizione costiera, la divisione si scontrò con le truppe tedesche, consegnandosi poi agli Alleati. Il 15 settembre la divisione fu ricostituita come 209ª Divisione ausiliaria in seno al nuovo Esercito Cobelligerante Italiano. Come le unità analoghe, la divisione fu utilizzata per compiti di vigilanza e di lavoro a favore degli Alleati, in particolare al seguito degli inglesi dell'Ottava armata britannica.

La divisione seguì lo spostamento del fronte verso nord. Nel gennaio 1944 il comando era dislocato in provincia di Chieti, con i reparti sparsi tra Puglia ed Abruzzo. Tra la fine dello stesso anno e l'inizio del 1945 il comando venne trasferito ad Osimo e la divisione assunse la responsabilità territoriale su Abruzzo, Umbria e Marche. La forza salì dai 19.000 uomini di gennaio ai 22.000 in aprile. L'unità venne infine sciolta a maggio alla fine delle ostilità in Europa.

Ordine di battaglia: 1941.
IX Brigata costiera
 112º Reggimento fanteria costiero
 115º Reggimento fanteria costiero
 41º Raggruppamento artiglieria costiero

Ordine di battagliaː luglio 1943
209ª Divisione costiera
 15º Reggimento fanteria costiero
 112º Reggimento fanteria costiero
 162º Reggimento fanteria costiero (dal 13 settembre assegnato di rinforzo alla 58ª Divisione fanteria "Legnano")
 253ª Legione CC.NN.
 CLIV Battaglione CC.NN. "Taranto"
 CLVI Battaglione CC.NN. "Potenza"
 152ª Compagnia CC.NN. mitraglieri
 264º Nucleo antiparacadutisti
 432º Nucleo antiparacadutisti
 434º Nucleo antiparacadutisti
 41º Raggruppamento artiglieria costiera (su 13 batterie)
 CXCVII Gruppo artiglieria costiera
 209ª Compagnia mista genio
 Servizi divisionali
 Comando Difesa Porto di Bari (col. Francesco Vitucci)
 112º Reggimento fanteria costiero
 CCCVIII Battaglione fanteria costiero
 CXXXV Battaglione fanteria costiero
 XIX Battaglione fanteria presidiario
 XLI Battaglione bersaglieri d'istruzione
 IX Battaglione mitraglieri da posizione
 692ª Compagnia mitraglieri da posizione motorizzata
 15ª Compagnia cannoni controcarro da 47/32 motorizzata
 LXXXIX Gruppo artiglieria costiera
 CXCVI Gruppo artiglieria costiera
 CXCVII Gruppo artiglieria costiera
 9ª Compagnia chimica
 4º Raggruppamento difesa aeroportuale (della Regia Aeronautica)
 XI Battaglione avieri
 VIII Gruppo artiglieria contraerea (su tre batterie)

Ordine di battagliaː 1945
209ª Divisione ausiliaria
 401º Reggimento pionieri
 406º Reggimento pionieri
 413º Reggimento pionieri
 Servizi divisionali

Comandanti (1943-1945)
Gen. B. (ris) Luigi Amato (20 aprile - 31 luglio 1943)
 Gen. B. Pier Giulio Properzj (interinale luglio agosto 1943)
 Gen. D. Roberto Olmi (settembre 1943)

Note

Bibliografia
 George F. Nafziger, Italian Order of Battle: An organizational history of the Italian Army in World War II.

Collegamenti esterni
 Vito Zita: http://www.regioesercito.it/reparti/fanteria/costieri/redivcost201.htm
 Le divisioni ausiliarie. I soldati tuttofare

Grandi Unità italiane della seconda guerra mondiale
Divisioni di fanteria dell'Esercito italiano
Fortificazioni e difesa delle coste

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Exclusive interview with Santa Claus
By admin | on December 23, 2021
By KATI COWAN
Santa Claus. Has he lost a little weight worrying about labor issues and safety regulations this year?
Imagine the thrill of chatting with Santa, that jolly old elf! I never realized the power of an Escondido Times-Advocate press pass .
Much to my amazement, Santa had a lot to say about life in the North Pole and his operations.
What's it like to be Santa? How have the crazy activities of a 21st century world affected his magical realm?
For the interview we set up a ZOOM meeting. ZOOMING with Santa in the North Pole was not without its challenges.
Not that familiar with ZOOM, Santa had trouble getting his video and sound working coupled with a poor internet connection due to an atrociously slow dial-up. But the information made it through, nevertheless.
Maybe it was the stress from the intensity of the season, maybe he just needed an ear. Santa opened up to me and shared the folly of his jolly old self and all that entails.
Santa's little elves had been out on strike demanding a raise in wages—citing too much overtime, difficult working conditions and wanting additional isolation pay. After intense labor negotiations and coming to an agreement, they were back in the workshop and now busy catching up with the backlog.
Apparently the elves claimed that the jingling bells were driving them crazy and if they had to listen one more time to "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" they were going to demand ear plugs or walk out. They also wanted something more than sugar cookies and candy canes to eat.
Santa explained that according to recent scientific studies, Christmas music motivates elves to work hard and keep building toys.
"Who studies elves anyway?" Santa wondered.
Regarding the diet, Santa feels that sugar gives them the extra energy for all that needs to get done.
And with the increased demand for toys he needed all elves on deck. Santa was prepared to negotiate but did not know how he was going to meet their demands. He finally compromised by playing Mariah Carey songs where he could sneak in "All I want for Christmas is you" once in a while.
As to the cookies and candy, he promised to include some salad to satisfy their love of green.
Santa was also worried about fulfilling requests for sophisticated electronic toys.
"Sure, it's easy to build a wooden car or rocking horse, but come on, an X-Box or a drone with infrared camera, that takes time," exclaimed Santa. " I have to either hire elves with electronics training to assemble these glitzy gadgets or provide it for my workers. Do you know how costly that is? And now they want a raise because they consider themselves 'TWITS' (Tiny Winter Industrial Technology Specialists) instead of Workshop Elves? How is a guy to survive?"
If that wasn't enough, Santa shared that an animal rights group had advised him that he must limit the number of hours reindeer can fly without a break and provide them a special diet.
"Do you realize how inflation has driven up the cost of specialty reindeer food," asked Santa?
And then there was the sensitive issue of Santa being required to lose some weight to lessen the load on the reindeer.
"Imagine that," he said. "If I do that how will I fit in my clothes and how will people recognize me?"
He did admit that he was considering changing his outfit to something different, since he was tired of wearing the same ol' same ol'. But Mrs Claus objected to purple polka dot long woolies or fuchsia and pink stripes— saying that it was unbecoming for a man of his position. She felt that it could also be dangerous and that he could be mistaken for an unwelcome intruder if he were not wearing his traditional red and white.
To cut costs and meet code requirements, Santa considered making some changes.
" Do you know how much it costs to convert Rudolph's nose to LED?" Santa went on to say. " Have you any idea how hard it is to wire a reindeer? "
And now that there are laws requiring people to pick up after pets, it will take him a lot longer to deliver toys.
Santa did admit that in spite of all these hurdles, he is on schedule and he will be making his rounds come hail or high winds and that he is looking forward to his milk and the variety of delicious cookies as he makes his rounds.
Santa worries though, that with inflation people may be cutting back and he may have to settle for Saltine crackers and water.
And while he appreciates peoples' focus on health, he asked if people can please stick with the glass of whole milk and eliminate the almond, coconut, oat or non fat milk and the gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, soy free, nut free, non GMO, non fat cookies? He made it a point to add that there could be something special under the tree for those who offer a shot of Glenfiddich 18.
By Christmas Eve, Santa, Mrs Claus, his elves, the TWITS, Rudolph and the eight tiny reindeer have overcome adversity, patched up differences and come together like clockwork to deliver joy and goodwill to the world, wishing "Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!"
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AEPi Fraternity Partners with Gift of Life!
Sep 2004 News
The Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation has recently partnered with Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity (AEPi) to raise awareness among students on college campuses about the life-saving potential of bone marrow transplants.
Heroes, Hot Dogs & Homeruns!
Aug 2004 News
August 29 was a perfect day for a ball game, but more importantly, a perfect day for Gift of Life to celebrate its success by introducing two young boys to their heroes, their bone marrow donors.
Gift of Life Partners with Hillel
Apr 2004 News
Gift of Life is thrilled to announce a landmark partnership with Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. Hillel is the world's largest Jewish campus organization with over 500 locations worldwide.
Gift of Life Founder Receives the Charles Bronfman Prize
Jay Feinberg, Founder and Executive Director of the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, has been awarded the prestigious Charles Bronfman Prize in its inaugural year.
Howard Jonas's Best Investment
Jul 2003 News
Dear Friends, A lot of you think of me as a guy with a big heart. I wish it were true. My wife has a big heart, and a lot of people around me have big hearts, and I just get the credit for being a nice guy.
An Evening of Miracles - 2003 Gala!
Jun 2003 News
As Howard Jonas put it, "This is the best dinner I have ever attended!" Don't underestimate the significance of Howard's words --- he attends dozens of fundraising dinners every year!
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I have been dilatory at blogging recently – plenty to reflect on but …. And here come excuses, but I have just read Anthony Wilson's excellent blog on blogging and suddenly a penny has dropped. It's not 'blogging' it's writing. And to paraphrase Dorothy Parker, whom he quotes, there's nothing quite like the feeling of having written.
In one of the poetry therapy groups I ran over a few years, one regular participant would write intensely in response to a particular prompt or poem and then emphatically put her pen down hard on the table, sit back, cross her arms and give a loud humph of satisfaction. Whatever it was (she didn't always share her work), it was better out than in.
So blogging, like writing, like meditating, like going to church, like gardening, like walking the dog, like cooking is essentially a practice. A pleasurable one. A manageable one – my limit is five hundred words max. A sociable one. One to aim to do every day that I'm early enough at my desk.
I'm also just reminding myself of the premise of this blog – to reflect on a poem that in turn illuminates some aspect of my daily life – which is the premise of poetry therapy, which is my calling.
And as I haven't blogged for ages, and it's an easy one to choose, and you all know it, and poetry works with what Anna Akhmatova called 'the blessedness of repetition', I offer you Mary Oliver's The Summer Day.
It's clearly not summer (although we've had glorious autumn days) but I am about to head to the station to meet the wonderful Mary Reynolds Thompson who is committed to working with the wild – simultaneously in our inner and outer worlds.
She lives in California so it's a treat to have her here to deliver a workshop based on her new book Reclaiming The Wild Soul. Then we'll have lunch in the Veg Box – the best vegetarian food in Canterbury.
Ha! I've blogged! Time for breakfast. What are you all doing today with your one wild and precious lives?
Well Vicky, just writing poetically about seeing Andrew Motion last night and a lady being taken very ill in the middle of it to the extent I think she'd come to the end of her wild and precious life listening to Poetry. Had two concurrent thoughts; nice way to go and second – my first dead body.
Whilst we waited for the ambulance (btw she 's alive) and for them to attend, got talking to people, made mistake of asking Do you write? Trapped like a testicle in a zip, I listened to two people rant about what they wrote and why. In short, it was therapy. Could have gone straight to wok with Amoy and asked, 'why are you angry?
I missed speaking to AM who did radio 4prog last sun called 'Coming Home' soldiers' conversational transcript poems. We did this with Gray at ty Newydd and am doing collaborative poetry project with my 94 yr old gran using this fantastic process. Would like to have chatted to AM but seeing to poorly sickly lady meant evening cut very short and he had to trot on lickety split for taxi and train with a filthy cold.
Today I will gallop wildly on my orange horse, walk my precious Molley dog and read and write poetry. Have a gert lush day. Enjoyed your blog very much, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Vicky for posting this. Wonderful coincidence I read Mary Oliver's poem this morning before seeing this post! What am I doing with my wild and precious self? Starting voice and sound therapy – scared but looking forward to it.
Thanks for the comments – riding horses, sound therapy, writing in the attic and inspiration to blog more – go girls!


TrailMonkeez: A super-smart shopping service for curious little ones. | You may have noticed that young children seem to take to iPads almost instinctively — not surprising, since 90 percent of children's brains develop before age five. And each child is different, with unique needs and interacting in different ways. So how could we do a better job with their toys other than just handing them an iPad?
As founder Melissa Dreyer realized, the products out there just didn't meet each need, because kids aren't one-size-fits-all. And if you do an online search for, say, "toys for 4-year-old boys," you'll get back 40,000 results. How do you know which is the right one for your child?
With TrailMonkeez, you can get a custom, expert-guided experience that provides the best product, based on the needs of your child.
What did they do really well? They remembered why they started it all. There's lots of advice they received as an entrepreneur, and you can change direction, but always remember why you started — you're building a solution that met that need.
What can the community help with? Check out the service, send them feedback about the branding, functionality, and if it meets a need.
How do they do it? With a business strategy that partners with educators to ask parents the right questions. They worked with early educators across Atlanta and combined that real-world teaching experience with proven learning models. After that, they use an algorithm to match learning products with the child's needs and then recommend the right items in each stage of development (cleverly tying in ecommerce as well in that step).
Their ideal customers are parents who want a quick tool to help them figure out what to do, what do they get for kids at birthdays, etc.
TrailMonkeez also plans to expand to schools as a scholastic model, since they believe children should thrive at school and at home. While they are focused on learning toys right now, they also see a future in books, apps and more.
Wedding Soda: A more organized wedding for everyone. | Founder Lenora Wilkinson has been a bridesmaid five times, and she is over the organizational issues for the wedding party. But until she created Wedding Soda, there were no tools to help her out.
If you haven't been in a wedding in awhile, maybe this sounds silly to you. I've been to more than 60 weddings (I swear! I counted the other day) and I've been in the wedding party somewhere in the range of 10 times, so I can vouch for Lenora's challenges.
What did they do really well? They identified a need that had not yet been tapped into, which in this day and age is a huge accomplishment!
What can the community help with? Lenora is "just a bridesmaid here," albeit one with a business idea, and would love direction on where to go next!
There is just a lack of communication during wedding planning, and the market needs a tool that the whole wedding party and guests can use to keep up to date with what everyone is responsible for. This eases the stress for not only the wedding party, but the bride and groom as well (which, if you are the bride and groom, is super important, because organizing a wedding is a lot).
Lenora says there's an untapped revenue stream of $42 million because most tools focus just on the couple and not the whole party. Plus, Wedding Soda can save the average couple $1,500 due to efficiency and discounts.
Wedding Soda aims to be the first established in the space, creating a first-mover advantage before the big players for the couple get in on the action. The app launched on Valentine's Day this year, and are working with a small budget and word-of-mouth advertising right now. They're free to users right now, but once they adjust to the market they will likely change up the business model a bit.
Instrumental.ly: Record music anywhere. | Co-founder and CEO C.J. Mitchell can see the future of music karaoke apps, and it is Instrumental.ly, a mobile app that allows you to be the star of a video and audio, created by you, and shared with not only your friends but also the world.
What did they do really well? They're better than most at bootstrapping, and are a top 300 music app already, with 200k downloads and no outside money! All of the team are part-time but working to disrupt the music industry, find new ways to market and improve the product.
What can the community help with? Tell everyone about it! They're local to Atlanta, and will save in studio time. If you know an aspiring rapper or produce, send them over!
Being a recording artist is expensive: You have to pay for beats, equipment, studio time and more. That cost of high-quality output is the number one problem faced by independent artists. The second problem is promotion. Social media is a zero sum game because the various apps are all competing with each other, and it's hard to get noticed in the first place.
The key so far? Social media rap channels. The "So Gone" Challenge garnished 200 million views and sparked a revolution in social media.
Following that model, the Instrumental.ly platform makes it easy to create audio, video and more from the palm of your hand, and get it noticed.
Right now, the app is free, but they plan to monetize for auto-tuning, filters and more at low-level prices that will add up with volume. They're focused on rap first because it's a small community, and will expand to other genres once they've gotten traction.
The founders have been in beat brokering/selling for more than 15 years and have connections who are all volunteering to share beats in the app. Content is easier, and keeping up with demand and product development has actually been a bigger challenge for the team.
They provide a variety of resolution options, and as to the quality of the video, well, they got technical about live transcoding for video and audio and bit rates, but the upshot was that they ensure users on other end of the app get a cool experience.
Prissy Tomboy Athletics: We lead unique and customized experiences for community and team development. | Co-founders Tracey Pearson and Jennifer White believe that the competitive landscape for businesses has changed, and to maintain a leading edge, brands must engage with their target market and communities. Their company helps retail brands (with a focus on the outdoor industry) and pro athletes connect back to the customer and create a full life cycle.
What did they do really well? Positioning, and creating a licensing model even with broad demographics. Also, setting up a portion of proceeds to go back to fun initiatives to keep girls healthy and happy, to get outside to play and connect. They also are proud of the community they've created of fitness enthusiasts who now connect with brands.
What can the community help with? Expanding the community! If you're a fitness enthusiast, they can connect you, and if you are a brand, they can help create unique experiences. Contact them!
Tracey has experience in retail, product launches and fashion, and has been active in the outdoor industry for more than nine years. She's pairing with Jenn's history as a serial entrepreneur: She's taken five companies from early stage through IPO or acquisition in the cyber security space, but she's more than anything a sports fan.
The team capitalizes on their background in tech to collect data and determine which brands to work with. They partner those brands with younger women who are the target buyer audience, and provide experiences and products to gain brand recognition in that demographic. This also provides product placement with event or sport enthusiasts, to reach a wider audience.
Prissy Tomboy is sustainable via bootstrapping and they have not gone through any funding rounds, though they are investigating broadening their reach. Additionally, a portion of their proceeds go to the Prissy Tomboy Foundation, which empowers girls to live adventurously, and lead healthy, confident lives.
What did they do really well? The main thing is to build the right team. They've been working with each other and solving problems, with multiple prototypes and no outside funding.
What can the community help with? Funding, and buying their sunglasses and sharing that they may be less expensive, but they are much better quality.
Hemant says even Ray-Bans haven't lived up to that quality recently, because most brands today are owned by a few giant companies, who make cheap products and then mark them up horrendously. Sunglasses companies which used to produce in, say, Italy, are now located in China, and most look the same with no design difference.
QuantumGravity has designed their Rome aviator sunglasses with durable frames from Italian manufacturers, and premium acetate lenses from a French lens company. They are offered in three colors: grey, blue and gold (with a real 18-karat gold coating, no less).
All of this for $600 or less retail price, which is actually quite inexpensive compared with other sunglasses of a similar background. (Don't worry, I'm not a bajillion-dollar sunglasses girl either; I'm a $5-from-the-gas-station girl, because I always sit on mine. But I know a lot of people who would totally spend this.) They actually donate a percent of the profit to support cataract surgeries, too.
One of their biggest hurdles is marketing: How do you get a customer to realize that a cheaper pair is actually better, and still luxury? So many people prefer name brand regardless of quality, there's a bit of cachet to it. They're looking for an outdoors channel partner to help build some buzz, as well as a Kickstarter campaign.
That's a wrap for the twenty-fourth Consumer Show at Switchyards; see you there next time?


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Report: Apparition Promoters Seek Influence In Sainthood Inquiry
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11, 2017 /Standard Newswire/ — Dan Brown's recent bestseller "Origin" is the perfect backdrop for an upcoming sainthood inquiry scheduled for next week at the Tribunal Offices of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California. According to parties supporting the cause, promoters of the so-called apparitions of Garabandal, located in Spain, may seek to use the Fr. Aloysius Sainthood Cause to gain support for their movement.
In Brown's recent novel, a Garabandal promoter, Clemente Dominguez, becomes the leader of a group within the Catholic Church that does not accept the present pope, the new Mass, and reforms of the Vatican Council. Like a sub-plot in the Brown novel, promoters of Garabandal, as the apparitions are referred to, may reach into the past to find some approval by Fr. Aloysius Ellacuria, CMF. The saintly priest died years ago (1981). Those petitioning for Fr. Aloysius say there is no credible evidence of his support of Garabandal. They contend that Fr. Aloysius never approved the apparitions, he never promoted them, and he always supported the Catholic Church's position on the subject. When a bishop says that an apparition lacks what's needed for approval by the Church, priests unite behind their bishop. In the Garabandal case, according to witnesses, Father Aloysius sided with the bishop. This is the position of those presenting the cause for Fr. Aloysius.
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RIP Jiggs Kalra: Thank You For Helping Indian Cuisine Get Its Rightful Place In the Sun
Known for reviving age-old delicacies, like the famous Galouti Kebab, Kalra believed in cooking for the soul.
Post published:June 5, 2019
Post category:Food / Tribute
There is no sincere love than the love for food," said George Bernard Shaw.
The year was 2011, I had just moved into the National Capital Region (NCR) and one of the most exciting things about this city, was the food. The associations that you make with food last a lifetime. One of the first few restaurants that I visited in this city happened to be Punjab Grill, a venture by J Inder Singh Kalra, popularly known as 'Jiggs Kalra'.
The taste of the dal makhani was so distinct, that even today, almost nine years later, it takes me back to that lunch.
On 4 June 2019, Jiggs Kalra passed away in Mumbai, aged 71. With many monikers to his credit, the one that perhaps captures his essence is 'Czar of Indian Cuisine'. Clearly, he played a crucial role in getting Indian cuisine a place in the sun.
Jiggs Kalra
Source: The FTB Blog/Facebook
Having started his career as a journalist, Jiggs Kalra worked with The Times of India and The Illustrated Weekly.
Subsequently, he started writing a food column in 1970, a time when food writing wasn't even a big deal. It was his passion for food that made it a success!
Moving from one medium to another in the 1990s, Kalra was a part of India's first television show on food called Daawat, which would be telecast on prime time every Sunday.
According to a report, it was The Maharana of Mewar who asked Kalra to manage the Shiv Niwas Palace in Udaipur, thus beginning his foray into the world of managing and running a restaurant.
He made us all proud when he became the first Asian to be inducted to the International Food and Beverage Gourmet Hall of Fame.
RIP, Sir
Source: Sabyasachi Roy/Facebook
He has authored 11 titles of which Prashad is considered to be a bible for all chefs. He has had the privilege of serving Princess Diana, Prince Charles, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Bill Clinton, among the long list of personalities.
Pawan Soni, Founder and CEO of Indian Food Freak, a robust online food community, had the privilege of meeting Jiggs Kalra on a few occasions. Speaking to The Better India, he shares, "The most obvious things that come to mind when I think of him would be food and following close behind are the recipe books he has authored."
"He had a plethora of knowledge when it came to Indian cuisine. If not for his failing health he would very much still have been in the kitchen whipping up the delicacies," says Pawan.
Pawan Soni with Jiggs Kalra
Source: Pawan Soni/Facebook
In Kalra's own words, "I can't think of even one other thing that I could have done, if not this. This is what I was made for and it was the Lord's will; I'm only executing it."
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package io.rapidpro.flows.definition.tests.logic;

import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import io.rapidpro.expressions.EvaluationContext;
import io.rapidpro.flows.definition.Flow;
import io.rapidpro.flows.definition.FlowParseException;
import io.rapidpro.flows.definition.tests.Test;
import io.rapidpro.flows.runner.RunState;
import io.rapidpro.flows.runner.Runner;
import io.rapidpro.flows.utils.JsonUtils;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Test which returns the OR'ed result of other tests
 */
public class OrTest extends Test {

    public static final String TYPE = "or";

    protected List<Test> m_tests;

    public OrTest(List<Test> tests) {
        m_tests = tests;
    }

    /**
     * @see Test#fromJson(JsonElement, Flow.DeserializationContext)
     */
    public static OrTest fromJson(JsonElement elm, Flow.DeserializationContext context) throws FlowParseException {
        JsonObject obj = elm.getAsJsonObject();
        return new OrTest(Test.fromJsonArray(obj.get("tests").getAsJsonArray(), context));
    }

    @Override
    public JsonElement toJson() {
        return JsonUtils.object("type", TYPE, "tests", JsonUtils.toJsonArray(m_tests));
    }

    /**
     * @see Test#evaluate(Runner, RunState, EvaluationContext, String)
     */
    @Override
    public Result evaluate(Runner runner, RunState run, EvaluationContext context, String text) {
        for (Test test : m_tests) {
            Result result = test.evaluate(runner, run, context, text);
            if (result.isMatched()) {
                return result;
            }
        }
        return Result.NO_MATCH;
    }

    public List<Test> getTests() {
        return m_tests;
    }
}

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The Community Land Advisory Service (CLAS) aims to help make more land available, and to facilitate access to that land, for use by community gardening and food growing groups across the UK. CLAS is an impartial, collaborative service, that aims to help communities and land managers gain satisfactory agreements on access to land by providing advice and guidance on technical lease agreements and related issues.
We do this by:
Showcasing good practice
Providing practical, hands-on support where necessary
Creating useful information resources, such as template leases and technical advice
Collaborating with other stakeholder organisations to complement existing support on a UK, national and local level
Promoting mixed use – such as local food growing, play, wildlife and community land use in social housing areas
Raising the profile of CLAS and community land use among landowners, community sector organisations, funders and policy-makers.
CLAS aims to work:
Locally by providing direct advice and support to landowners and community groups in order to secure land access on fair terms that meet the needs of both parties.
UK-wide through a centre of expertise, guidance and support that accommodates the different contexts and legal structures in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The Community Land Advisory Service is project-managed by Social Farms & Gardens (SFG). SFG is managed by an elected Board of Trustees, is the legal recipient of CLAS funds and is the accountable body for CLAS work.
A leaflet explaining more about CLAS is available to download using the following link: CLAS Information Leaflet.


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import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

def ks_table(y, quantiles):
    """Function to produce a K-S table"""
    if len(set(y)) > 2:
        raise ValueError('Function only defined for binary classification')

    df = pd.concat([pd.Series(y), pd.Series(quantiles)], axis=1)
    df.columns = ['y', 'quantiles']

    # Get counts of positive and negative values
    count_total = df.groupby('quantiles')['y'].count()
    count_pos = df.groupby('quantiles')['y'].sum()
    count_neg = count_total - count_pos

    # Get cumulative percents
    pos_pct_cum = count_pos.cumsum() / float(count_pos.sum()) * 100
    neg_pct_cum = count_neg.cumsum() / float(count_neg.sum()) * 100

    # Calculate KS
    ks_idx = np.abs(pos_pct_cum - neg_pct_cum)

    # Output table
    out_df = pd.concat([
            count_total, count_pos, count_neg, pos_pct_cum, neg_pct_cum, ks_idx
        ], axis=1)
    out_df.columns = [
            'count_total', 'count_pos', 'count_neg',
            'pos_pct_cum', 'neg_pct_cum', 'ks_idx'
        ]

    return out_df


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Engineers link brains to computers using 3D printed implants
© Afanasenkau/Minev
3D printed implant
Linking the human brain to a computer is usually only seen in science fiction, but now an international team of engineers and neuroscientists at the University of Sheffield (UK), St Petersburg State University (Russia) and Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) have harnessed the power of 3D printing to bring the technology one step closer to reality.
In a new study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the team led by Professor Ivan Minev (BIOTEC, TU Dresden alumni now at the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Sheffield) and Professor Pavel Musienko (St Petersburg State University), have developed a prototype neural implant that could be used to develop treatments for problems in the nervous system.
The neural implant has been used to stimulate the spinal cord of animal models with spinal cord injuries and now could be used to develop new treatments for human patients with paralysis. The proof of concept technology has been shown in the study to also fit well on the surface of a brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and muscles, hence opening possibilities in other neurological conditions.
Linking the human brain to a computer via a neural interface is an ambition for many researchers throughout the worlds of science, technology and medicine, with recent stories in the media highlighting efforts to develop the technology. However, innovation in the field is hampered by the huge costs and long development time it takes to produce prototypes - which are needed for exploring new treatments.
The technology promises great potential to bring new medical treatments for injuries to the nervous system based on a fusion of biology and electronics. The vision relies on implants that can sense and supply tiny electrical impulses in the brain and the nervous system.
The team has shown how 3D printing can be used to make prototype implants much quicker and in a more cost effective way in order to speed up research and development in the area. The implants can be easily adapted to target specific areas or problems within the nervous system.
Using the new technique, a neuroscientist can order a design which the engineering team can transform into a computer model which feeds instructions to the printer. The printer then applies a palette of biocompatible, mechanically soft materials to realize the design. The implant can be quickly amended if changes are required, giving neuroscientists a quicker and cheaper way to test their ideas for potential treatments.
Ivan Minev, BIOTEC, TU Dresden alumni, now Professor of Intelligent Healthcare Technologies at the University of Sheffield's Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, said: "The research we have started at TU Dresden and continuing here at Sheffield has demonstrated how 3D printing can be harnessed to produce prototype implants at a speed and cost that hasn't been done before, all whilst maintaining the standards needed to develop a useful device. The power of 3D printing means the prototype implants can be quickly changed and reproduced again as needed to help drive forward research and innovation in neural interfaces."
The researchers have shown that 3D printers can produce implants that can communicate with brains and nerves. Following this early work, the team aims to demonstrate how the devices are robust when implanted for long periods of time.
The team's ambition, however, is to go to the clinic and open up the possibilities of personalized medicine to neurosurgeons.
Professor Minev added: "Patients have different anatomies and the implant has to be adapted to this and their particular clinical need. Maybe in the future the implant will be printed directly in the operating theatre while the patient is being prepared for surgery."
Nature Biomedical Engineering: "Rapid prototyping of soft bioelectronic implants for use as neuromuscular interfaces", Autoren: Dzmitry Afanasenkau, Daria Kalinina, Vsevolod Lyakhovetskii, Christoph Tondera, Oleg Gorsky, Seyyed Moosavi, Natalia Pavlova, Natalia Merkulyeva,, Allan V. Kalueff, Ivan R. Minev, Pavel Musienko
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-020-00615-7#article-info, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-020-00615-7
The Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) was founded in 2000 as a central scientific unit of the TU Dresden with the goal of combining modern approaches in molecular and cell biology with the traditionally strong engineering in Dresden. Since 2016, the BIOTEC is part of the central scientific unit "Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering" (CMCB) of the TU Dresden. The BIOTEC is fostering developments in research and teaching within the Molecular Bioengineering research field and combines approaches in cell biology, biophysics and bioinformatics. It plays a central role within the research priority area Health Sciences, Biomedicine and Bioengineering of the TU Dresden.
www.tu-dresden.de/biotec
www.tu-dresden.de/cmcb
Dr. Magdalena Gonciarz
Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB)
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The University of Sheffield
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Q: highcharts : issue in plotting 2 graphs in 1 chart I have 2 graphs in 1 chart. The range of x-axis values for 1st graph is from 1 to 100. The range of x-axis values for 2nd graph is from 1 to 30. So, when the graphs are plotted in the chart, the 2nd graph gets plotted in very small area. So, it becomes difficult to read 2nd graph. My requirement - both the charts to be readable. Can anyone help me in doing this? Thanks in advance.

A: You could set up two axes - one for each series.
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/4v0a07op/
$(function () {
    $('#container').highcharts({
        title: {
            text: 'Monthly Average Temperature',
            x: -20 //center
        },
        subtitle: {
            text: 'Source: WorldClimate.com',
            x: -20
        },
        xAxis: [{
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            opposite: true
        }],
        yAxis: {
            title: {
                text: 'Temperature (°C)'
            },
            plotLines: [{
                value: 0,
                width: 1,
                color: '#808080'
            }]
        },
        series: [{
            name: '1 to 30',
            xAxis: 1,
            data: [11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,10]
        }, {
            name: '1 to 100',
            xAxis: 0,
            data: [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0]
        }]
    });
});

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Mohammad Aidil bin Ali has won UiTM Level Competion to represent UiTM for SEMI FINAL at UTEM. Congratulation to him for his OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.
Materials Lecture Competition is a National event mainly organized by IMM and IOM3 UK. This national-wide competition is an initiative intended to enhance awareness among young Material Scientists and Engineers in Malaysia on the importance of Materials Engineering and sustainability in the advancement of technology and humankind.
The first winners at the National-level competition represented Malaysia in the Young Persons' World Lecture Competition (YPWLC) which was held in Hong Kong (2013), USA (2014), Ireland (2015), Brazil (2016), Australia (2017) and last year (2018) in South Africa (2017) where the Malaysia Representative/Finalist from Universiti Malaya won the runner-up prize.


WELLINGTON, New Zealand (RNZI, May 2) - Nauru is reported to have agreed to a property deal that will save it from bankruptcy.
Under an agreement arranged in Sydney, Australia, an Asian property group will take over some of Nauru's investment property in Australia.
In return, the Indian-based Hiranandani or HCW group says it will wipe out more than US$230 million of debt.
The deal comes a week after the Australian government signed a treaty with Nauru to help it out of a financial crisis after the American company, General Electrical Capital Corporation, moved to recover its debts.
Raj Hiranandani of HCW said he plans to enhance the value of the property portfolio and turn a profit.
HCW stepping in means the properties will not have to be sold to pay the nation's debts.


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Marquese Chriss
Orale, Holmes!
January 1, 2020	| Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes	| 16 Comments
Orale is a Mexican word that has so many different meanings.
I'm flabbergasted
Exortation
It's such a cool word, flows off the tongue, and is pleasant to listen to, even if someone is saying it to hurry me up. Anyways, it's one of my favorite words. Granted, I don't know too many words, but whatever. With that said, I guess it only makes sense then that Richaun Holmes is not only one of favorite players lately, but a favorite of many in the fantasy basketball world.
PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	3PT	FG	FT
22	10	0	1	3	2	0	8/13	6/6
In 31 minutes. He's been the #12 player for fantasy over the past 16 games. Orale, Holmes! Points, boards, defensive stats, and excellent percentages (67% from the field and 89% from the line on 2.9 attempts). To date, he has to be the fantasy MVP, right? Beep. Boop. Bop. You know what's always the MVP? The Stocktonator. There was worry that when Marvin Bagley returned that Holmes would be relegated back to the bench. As much of a bobo I think Luke Walton is, he isn't that much of a bobo, as he played Holmes and Bagley alongside each other. Now, Bagley is hurt, so Holmes can run free like the bison did in the American plains many years ago. But unlike the bison, Holmes will not get eradicated when Bagley returns. Orale, Holmes.
The Triple-Double Cut Was Available at Lowry's
December 19, 2019	| Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes	| 18 Comments
If you go to Lawry's and order the prime rib, there are five cuts to choose from: The California Cut (for lighter appetites), the English Cut (three thin slices), the Diamond Jim Brady Cut (an extra thick portion, bone in), the Beef Bowl Double Cut (celebratory Rose Bowl cut), and the Lawry Cut (the traditional and most popular). Because I'm a fat ass, it's all about the Beef Bowl Double Cut, 22 ounces of heaven.
Heaven ain't no place in the sky. It's right down here on Earth….at Lawry's. There are not many things better looking than that. But since we are fantasy nerds, seeing your player mess around and drop a triple-double in the stat box has got to be up there. Last night, Kyle Lowry expertly cooked the Triple-Double Cut:
20	10	10	2	1	3	3/6	5/17	7/8
Mmmm, mmmm, mmm. So delicious. Since returning from injury, Lowry has AVERAGED 38.6 minutes per game! For the season, he's second with 37.3, right behind James Harden. That is great for fantasy, as the counting stats have been abundant: 2.3 trees, 5.8 boards, 8 dimes, and 1.4 steals. The shooting has been atrocious, though, as he's been shooting 31% from the field. For the season, he's at 40%. As a result, he's putting up top 45 production and will likely finish in the top 35-40 range when all is said and done. Outside of the poor shooting, the other main concern is health. He's already missed games this season and, with the elevated run per night, can he hold up for the entire season? If he can, there should be more cooking of the Triple-Double Cut this season, as Lowry has now messed around 15 times in his career. Beep. Boop. Bop. You know what never messes around? The Stocktonator.
Are You Not Harden Excited?
There are few things in life that get me hard and excited. Let's see, all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ, 9-0 h2h victory for fantasy, PornHub, and watching the LeBron/AD pick-and-roll. I have to add James Harden to the list. I try not to write up the same player for the lede, but Harden is a freaking basketball savant and could be one of the best one-on-one players of all time. Beep. Boop. Bop. You know what's also an all-timer? The Stocktonator. The jumper from downtown is so pure that Skunk Works is reverse engineering it. The handles have caused many of sleepless nights for Ricky Jay. He's also 6′ 5″ 220 pounds, so he can stampede to the rim against smaller players and big men have no chance on the perimeter, as he just makes them dance. Last night was yet another example of his brilliance:
55	3	8	2	2	6	10/18	20/34	5/5
This was Harden's 22nd career game scoring at least 50 points, which is good for fourth all time. Kobe Bryant had 25 while Michael Jordan had 31. Laughably, Wilt Chamberlain posted 118 50-point games!! LOL. Anyways, Harden is the numero uno player for fantasy on the season. He's AVERAGING 37.9 minutes, 38.7 points, 4.9 tres, 5.9 boards, 7.5 dimes, 2 steals, and is shooting 88% from the line on 14 attempts! The turnovers are sky-high at 5 per game, but the production is so bountiful in the other categories that it is but a fly on the windshield. Are you not Harden excited?
The Force is Strong in Anunoby
I enjoy the Star Wars franchise. Except for Jar Jar Binks. That was the nut low. Whoever green lighted Jar Jar must be banished from Hollywood forever. If it was George Lucas, then so be it. At least The Mandalorian is fun. Anyways, The Force was always a concept that intrigued me. The little angel on my left shoulder (which shoulder does the angel stand on for you?) would show me all the good I could do with the power, while the little devil on my right shoulder would whisper sweet nothings into my ear and open my eyes to all the glory and fun I'd have. There was also the whole moving objects with the mind thing. In the real world, the concept of the Force does exist. The mind is a powerful thing and can make the unimaginable real. There are those that are able to access parts of the brain that most cannot, and do extraordinary things as a result. With that said, there always exist charlatans to deceive and exploit. O. G. Anunoby is not one of them. In fact, the Force is strong in him.
13	12	1	2	0	3	3/5	5/11	0
It's taken some time, but in his third year, Anunoby is breaking out. Hey! Anakin was trained for a decade or so and many Jedis trained for even longer. Granted, Luke learned quickly, but he was a protege. On the season, Anunoby is a top 65 player for fantasy. He provides some points, tres, boards, steals, and blocks. The dimes are light and the free throw shooting is poor, but the field goal percentage is high. Is he on the same arc as teammate Pascal Siakam? Well, both are similar physically and both were known as athletes who could play defense but were offensively challenged. After his rookie season, Siakam finished as the 258th player for fantasy. The following year, he improved to 188th. In the third-year breakout, he was the 41st player for fantasy. Anunoby was the 283th player his rookie year. The second year, he finished as the 287th player. He's now the 65th player. Not exactly the same path, but both broke out in the third year.
Ain't No BS, Simmons Finally Did It!
It took 171 games, over two seasons, and 5800 minutes played, but Ben Simmons finally did it. He drained his first tres.
I know you have doubts, but tape don't lie….
The fact that I'm making Simmons the lede for making a tres is sad, but what's worse is that it took him 171 games, two seasons, and 5800 minutes! Now, let's not forget that on this historic and momentous night, Simmons actually played a great overall game:
18	7	13	1	1	1	1/1	7/9	3/4
In a whopping 42 minutes! Yes, it was against the Knicks but whatever. Production is production. Beep. Boop. Bop. You know what always provides the production? The Stocktonator. For fantasy, Simmons is such an interesting player because he leads you down the punt one, punt two, punt three category strategy (tres, ft%, and turnovers). But, but, but….he has nightly "mess around" potential and will get his block and steal on. On the season, he's a top 40 player despite his shortcomings.
Who Called Melli on the Celli?
For the first five games of the season, Nicolo Melli played an average of 15.2 minutes per game, with a high of 20. He showed the ability to shoot from downtown, but little else. The first four games of November, Melli played 10, 10, 5, and 17 minutes. He was rotting on the bench. But then….
14	6	4	3	0	0	1/6	4/10	5/5
Nelli got the call on the celli to notify him that he would play 27, 27, and 28 minutes over the past three games. Did I just time travel there? Anyways, Melli has responded by scoring 14, 16, and 10 points with a decent amount of boards and dimes. What really stands out is three steals in two separate games. Who knew this Italian was a smooth criminal? Perhaps he's mafioso? He's been a top 60 player over the past four games. This could be a short-term thing while the Pelicans are banged up, or it could be the start of something. I may be able to time travel, but I cannot predict the future. Beep. Boop. Bop. You know what can predict the future? The Stocktonator.
The NBMMA is Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaantastic!
October 31, 2019	| Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes	| 74 Comments
The NBA is a heart-stopping, fist-pumping, high-fiving, chemical-imbalance-inducing procreator of basketball nirvana. The squeak of the shoes, talk of the trash, swish of the nets, and thunder of dunks fill our ears with melodic harmony. We gawk at the freakishness of the giants who jump like fleas and midgets who careen around defenders like a cheetah about to catch lunch. We mental masturbate over pick-and-rolls, alley-oops, Euro-steps, and ICE defense. Bascially, the NBA is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnntastic! Now, what happens when you combine the NBA with MMA? You get elbowing, pushing, eye gouging, headlocks, and submissions…..which is exactly what happened last night in, coincidentally, the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. Karl-Anthony Towns (meow) and Joel Embiid got tangled up, started shoving each other, then went sumo style to the ground. Benches emptied, players sprinted, and Ben Simmons ended up with the fatality….
I don't condone violence, but it's refreshing to see things actually going down; instead of the "hold me back" shenanigans. Anyways, both KAT and Embiid were ejected and will likely get some sort of suspension. Ben Simmons as well. Probably a bunch of other players for leaving the bench. The main thing I took away from the whole fracas, though, was that KAT is truly a different animal this season. Not only has he taken his game to the next level, but he's showing that he has some…..dog in him.
Fantasy Basketball: Ja Rules
October 28, 2019	| 2019 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes	| 53 Comments
That song always did/does get me hyped up. Was I the biggest Ja Rule fan? Naw, but I did enjoy some of his songs and he was quite popular when I was growing up. Whatever you or I think about him, you can't deny that he brought the energy and was a success. Just like Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies, who brings it at both ends of the court, attacks the rim with ferocity, and has the conjones to take the last shot and lead his squad to victory.
30	4	9	1	1	6	1/2	13/22	3/4
The game went to OT, because Ja blocked Kyrie Irving's shot in regulation, then he dished a dime to Jae Crowder for the game-winning tres. There was some concern to start the season, as he only played 25 and 28 minutes respectively, but make no mistake about it; this is Ja's squad and he's a legitimate ROY candidate.
Fantasy Basketball: It Was a Trae Over Dre Day
Two nights ago, Andre Drummond punked the Indiana Pacers worse than Dr. Dre and Snoop did Eazy-E in Dre Day. 32 points, 23 boards, 2 dimes, 3 steals, and 4 blocks! With no Blake Griffin in the lineup, it's all about Dre. I contemplated making his performance the lede, but Kyrie's 50-burger took precedence, so Dre Day was overshadowed. Last night, Dre was nice again, putting up a line of:
Dre is stuffing the stat sheet and shooting 13-for-16 from the free throw line so far in two games!!! Yet, he was once again overshadowed by Trae Young, as last night was Trae Day.
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He shoots from the logo at halfcourt, breaks down defenders if they get up too close, and dishes exquisite dimes. The Hawks play at a hyper-fast pace and have a plethora of shooters surrounding Trae, so every game could be a Trae Day. Do we have to start calling him Trae Souffle? Because he cooks his opponents? How about Trae Sensei? Because he educates his defenders. Put your suggestions in the comments. Anyways, Trae isn't going to shoot so efficiently from the field every game, and the turnovers will be high, but the points, tres, dimes, and excellent free throw percentage should be there every night. If he chips in boards, then…..
Fantasy Basketball: Don't Forget About Dre
March 19, 2019	| 2018 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes	| 20 Comments
When you think of the great basketball players this season, who does your mind gravitate towards? James Harden? Paul George? Steph Curry? Karl-Anthony Towns? Giannis Antetokounmpo? There are likely 15-20 other players you would list before arriving at Andre Drummond. The free throw shooting stinks and he doesn't provide treys, but you know what?
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That's what's up. Dre leads the league in dub-dubs with 58 and has posted a 20/20 game 12 times this season. He's 10th in blocks per game, 11th in steals per game, 1st in rebounds, and 19th in field goal percentage. On the season, he's a top 25 player for fantasy. Yes, the free throw shooting and lack of treys put a ceiling on his value, but he does so much in the other categories that…..we must never forget about Dre.


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